Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has called for rescheduling of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention slated for February, 2022. He allayed fears of a collapse and an unmitigated injury the party could sustain if the National Chairman of Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, goes ahead with the convention in February. In a letter he wrote on Thursday in Abuja which he addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National leadership of the APC, Kalu identified three challenges that must be urgently addressed…
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Attahiru Jega, erstwhile Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has lamented the state of insecurity in Nigeria. Jega warned that the 2023 general elections may not hold if the current insecurity is not tackled immediately. He issued the warning at an event in honour of the late former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi in Ibadan on Thursday. The former INEC boss said insecurity poses a serious threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections. He maintained that adequate security was key to an acceptable election outcome. According to Jega: “Unless elections are conducted in an environment that…
Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the new leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winning team that will return the party to power in the forthcoming elections in the country. Senator Adeleke who is one of the PDP gubernatorial aspirants in the 2022 Osun Gubernatorial Election made this known on Thursday while submitting his nomination and expression of interest form at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. During a closed-door meeting with leaders of the party which included the National Deputy Chairman South, Ambassador Taofeeq Arapaja, Adeleke disclosed that his aspiration to contest the gubernatorial election again in…
Following the expiration of the Agricultural Promotion Policy (APP) that lasted from 2016-2020, the Federal Government is in the process of developing another policy termed National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP) to cover the 2021-2025 period. NATIP is developed to provide an integrated approach to agricultural development in terms of access and application of improved inputs, improve the linkage between agricultural research and training institutions The policy, according to the government, would also enhance the provision of input to farmers, improve agricultural mechanisation, extension services, provide rural Infrastructure and increase access to affordable funding. It would also ensure climate…
Democrats in the US Congress suffered a major setback on Thursday in their effort to grant work permits to millions of immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally for a decade or longer. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who advises lawmakers on what is acceptable under legislature rules, rejected the inclusion of the Democrats’ proposal in President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill. Senator Dick Durbin, the no. 2 Senate Democrat, told reporters that he was “disappointed and we’re considering what options remain.” The parliamentarian previously rejected two other Democratic attempts to bundle immigration provisions into…
Ahead of the yuletide, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has called on the Federal Government to beef up security across the country, decrying that the insecurity situation in the country is increasing daily. The party also urged government to provide functional “toll-free lines” ensuring that measures are put in place so that security operatives can respond promptly to emergency situations. The NNPP through its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Olorunmagba, also changed the government “to ensure that our security men are strengthened and better motivated this festive season.” Olorunmagba said, “The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) calls on the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that democracy remains the best system of establishing governments because it guarantees respect for the fundamental rights of individuals to choose their leaders. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, where he chaired a roundtable discussion, which was held in honour of the late governor of the State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, and in commemoration of his posthumous 72nd birthday. Speaking on the theme of the Roundtable, Election Security and Good Governance in Nigeria, the VP noted that democracy as a “system of governance guarantees the accountability of the elected to the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot return to power in a free and fair election in 2023. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this during a meeting with the party’s State Caretaker Chairmen. This, he said, was especially so, because the electorate were intelligent and now knew that the PDP had nothing to offer Nigerians going by its antecedents. The APC scribe added that the PDP was not an alternative to the APC in the forthcoming 2023 general election. He said…
The Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau, has revealed that the 2022 budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was being reconsidered for a possible upward review because of the 2023 general elections. He said the electoral umpire had drawn the senate’s attention to inadequate provision of the budget envelope given to them by the Federal Ministry of Finance, saying that the parliament listened because INEC needed to begin early preparation. The lawmaker said the Committee had already met with the INEC, which he believed would be captured as they prepared to pass the 2022 budget next…
Mr. Oladapo Ibikunle took to social media to express his feelings over President Buhari’s administration and the claim that the north is bleeding under his regime. He wrote; “NORTH IS NOT BLEEDING! “Whoever says north is bleeding should be given Nnamdi Kano and Sunday Igboho’s treatment put together! “Ṣebí Igangan was peaceful now, were we not lying when we reported that towns were attacked back-to-back by strangers in our own homeland? NORTH IS NOT BLEEDING! “Ṣebí EndSARS protest was incited by President Muhammadu Buhari’s enemies in the South to make the country ungovernable for a president of nothern extraction? NORTH…